Greeting Cards manaual

Greeting Cards
Contents
Stationery Greeting Cards at a glance.......................3
Stationery Greeting Cards in Mail ..............................4
Installing Stationery Greeting Cards ..........................5
Downloading & installing the app .............................5
Restoring your purchased templates
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Finding the right template ...........................................7
Show all templates in a collection
Finding Greeting Cards by category
Previewing a template
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Opening a template in Mail .........................................8
Creating your message .................................................9
Writing your message using Text Perfect
Writing your message in Apple Mail
If you want to delete the placeholder text
To keep and change the placeholder text
Adding pictures to your message
Adding pictures
Resizing and adjusting images
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Using Signatures and Logos ......................................12
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Stationery Greeting Cards at a glance
Find the perfect design for events throughout the year, search for the perfect template for your occasion and enter your text.
Choose a particular product or view
them all at a glance.
Drag the Greeting
Card you want to
use for your Text
Perfect message
here.
Browse templates by
Packs
Drag one of the
Text Perfect Messages here
Click to open your
Text Perfect Message in Apple Mail
Choose a keyword to
find suitable templates
for particular occasions
Double-click a
template to take a
closer look
Use the Image Perfect
tool to ensure signatures and logos fit into
stationery dropzones
Show or hide the events
timeline
Search for templates by
description, occasions or
moods (e.g. “grey”,
“graduation” or “bright”)
Select an event to see
suggested templates for
certain occasions
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Use the zoom slider to
zoom in on designs
Stationery Greeting Cards in Mail
Choose a Greeting Card, add images and create your message – with your Greeting Card in Apple Mail
Show and hide your
stationery
Open the photo browser
to add photos and
graphics to your mail
Scroll to choose a stationery category
Select your preferred
stationery template
Select the placeholder
text and start typing to
add your own message.
Use the cursor keys to
keep the placeholder
text and amend it with
your personal message.
Drag an image from the
photo browser into the
image dropzone to add
photos or graphics to
your email
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Installing Stationery Greeting
Cards
Before we get started, you’ll need to install Stationery
Greeting Cards.
Downloading & installing the app
‣ First, you’ll need to download Stationery Greeting Cards (there’s just one
download that includes all the different packs)
‣ Once your download has finished, double-click the Stationery Greeting
Cards.dmg file in your downloads folder:
‣ After the installation process has finished enter your equinux ID and
password to download all of your templates.
Restoring your purchased templates
Restoring your purchased templates after a re-installation is also done in a
few steps.
‣ First, choose “Stationery Greeting Cards > Restore Purchases…” from the
top menu bar.
‣ Next, double-click one of the packs to install the app:
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‣ Then enter your equinux ID and password to install your templates:
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Finding Greeting Cards by category
Finding the right template
‣ Click the triangle next to a Greeting Cards collection to see different template categories that are available in each Pack:
Choosing a pack and selecting a category
We offer a variety of different Stationery Greeting Cards collections. Any collections you have installed will show up with a green checkmark. You can
also purchase additional collections via the shopping cart icon.
Click the triangle
to show categories
for a collection.
Previewing a template
‣ Double-click a template to pull it up for a closer look:
Show all templates in a collection
‣ Click a Stationery Greeting Cards collection (e.g. “Birthday Cards 2”) to see
all the Greeting Cards included in that collection:
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Opening a template in Mail
Finding your templates in MailUsing text Perfect
Once you’ve installed your templates, you can also get to them directly in
Mail.
Once you’ve picked a template, you can open it in Apple Mail to write your
message, add photos and send it.
Click to browse all Greeting
Cards templates
Opening a template in Stationery Greeting Cards
From Stationery Greeting Cards, double-click a template, then click the Mail
icon to open your template in Mail:
Click a preview to
select a template
All templates that have been installed once in Mail can now be accessed
from the “Custom” category in the stationery pane of Apple Mail.
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‣ Click “New Message” in order top open the Greeting Card in Apple Mail.
Creating your message
Once you’ve selected a template, you can write your message, just as you
would normally in Mail or create a message using one of the Text Perfect
messages.
Writing your message in Apple Mail
If you want to delete the placeholder text
‣ Just click inside the text area and start typing, or hit delete on your keyboard to clear the placeholder text:
Writing your message using Text Perfect
‣ Drag the Greeting Card you want to use into the Greeting Card placeholder.
‣ Drag a Text Perfect message into the Text Perfect placeholder. You can
easily find the right Text Perfect message using the different filter options.
To keep and change the placeholder text
‣ Click inside the text area so the placeholder text is selected. Then use the
arrow keys on your keyboard so you can start editing the placeholder text.
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Adding pictures to your message
Resizing and adjusting images
Many Greeting Cards also include photo dropzones that make it easy to add
photos and other images to your message.
You can zoom and move your photo inside the dropzone for a better fit:
‣ Click a photo inside a dropzone and use the slider to zoom in on a particular part of your photo
‣ Click and drag to move your photo until it looks perfect
Adding pictures
Move your mouse cursor over an image in the template. If it’s a dropzone,
you’ll see a grey area appear where you can drop your photos:
To add a picture, simply drag it onto a dropzone and let go of the mouse
button to add it to your Greeting Card email:
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Accessing your photo library in Mail
You can easily find photos you have in iPhoto and add them to your Greeting Card message.
‣ Click the photo browser icon to view your photos in iPhoto and drag
them into your message
Open the photo
browser
Choose a photo
and drag it into
your message
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Using Signatures and Logos
If you’re using our business templates, you can add your company logo and signature to your message. Use the Image Perfect
tool to automatically adjust your logo or signature for a better fit.
Drag your optimized
logo onto the image
dropzone.
Drop your logo or signature image in to create
stationery-optimized
versions of your logo.
Drag an optimized
image from the Image Perfect tool into
your Greeting Card message.
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